Environmental exposure to asbestos in asbestos cement workers: a case of additional exposure from indiscriminate use of industrial wastes.

N Szeszenia-Dabrowska, U Wilczyńska… - International Journal …, 1998 - europepmc.org
The paper presents data on cancer risk, especially pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer,
among the workers of asbestos cement plant who living in the vicinity of the plant, were also …

Cancer risk in asbestos-cement industry workers in Poland

N Szeszenia-Dabrowska, U Wilczyńska… - Medycyna …, 1997 - europepmc.org
A cohort study was carried out in order to evaluate the cancer risk in the asbestos-cement
industry workers. The cohort consisted of workers employed in four asbestos-cement plants …

Cancer incidence among workers in the asbestos-cement producing industry in Norway

B Ulvestad, K Kjærheim, JI Martinsen… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2002 - JSTOR
Objectives The incidence of cancer among employees of a Norwegian asbestos-cement
factory was studied in relation to duration of exposure and time since first exposure. The …

Three decades of pleural cancer and mesothelioma registration in Austria where asbestos cement was invented

M Neuberger, C Vutuc - … archives of occupational and environmental health, 2003 - Springer
Recently, a new mesothelioma epidemic was predicted from observations made in Western
Europe. From early observations in Austria the lower increase in cases of mesothelioma …

[PDF][PDF] Mortality of workers at two asbestos-cement plants in Poland

N Szeszenia-Dąbrowska, U Wilczyńska… - Int. J. Occup. Med …, 2000 - cybra.lodz.pl
To assess mortality rate among workers occupationally exposed to asbestos, cohort studies
were carried out in two asbestos cement plants operating since the 1960s. Asbestos cement …

Role of occupational asbestos exposure in Hungarian lung cancer patients

A Mandi, M Posgay, P Vadasz, K Major… - International archives of …, 2000 - Springer
Objective: What is the frequency of occupational asbestos exposure among patients
suffering from malignant respiratory tumours and how many of these tumours are associated …

Cancer risk after cessation of asbestos exposure: a cohort study of Italian asbestos cement workers

C Magnani, D Ferrante, F Barone-Adesi… - Occupational and …, 2008 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives: We aimed to study mortality for asbestos related diseases and the incidence of
mesothelioma in a cohort of Italian asbestos cement workers after cessation of asbestos …

Asbestos and cancer: An overview of current trends in Europe.

M Albin, C Magnani, S Krstev, E Rapiti… - Environmental health …, 1999 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
This review assesses the contribution of occupational asbestos exposure to the occurrence
of mesothelioma and lung cancer in Europe. Available information on national asbestos …

Cancer in ex‐asbestos cement workers in Israel, 1953–1992

TH Tulchinsky, GM Ginsberg, J Iscovich… - American journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
A cohort of 3,057 male workers employed in an asbestos‐cement plant using 90% chrysotile‐
10% crocidolite, located in Northern Israel, was followed from 1953–1992 for incidence and …

Lung cancer in asbestos cement workers in Denmark.

E Raffn, E Villadsen, G Engholm… - Occupational and …, 1996 - oem.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES: To study the relative and absolute risks of main types of lung cancer in a
cohort of asbestos cement workers from Denmark. METHOD: A cohort of 7887 men and 576 …